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Drinking Charitably with Humanitas
*Disclaimer: I received this as a sample from Humanitas so I could participate in Twitter Taste Live.
Up first for the most recent Twitter Taste Live was the 2006 Humanitas Sauvignon Blanc. I’ve previously written about Humanitas and the charitable work done with the profits from all... (more)
Concha y Toro Winemaker’s Lot 9T Sauvignon Blanc 2007
Amongst the longest wine names you can find on a bottle belong to Concha y Toro…
Concha y Toro Winemaker’s Lot 9T Sauvignon Blanc Lo Ovalle Vineyard D.O. Casablanca Valley by Ignacio Recabarren 2007 is all the information you get on the front of the bottle. There is a little more... (more)
Grand New Zealand Tasting
So on the first day of the Wine Blogger Conference, not only did we have the Kick Ranch Tasting, the “speed dating” tasting, and the Dry Creek Growers tasting, we also were treated to a grand tasting of New Zealand wines sponosred by the New Zealand Wine Growers Association. This is... (more)
You’ve Got to be %@#$! Kidding Me!
No, really, %@#$! is the name of this white, Rhone-style blend from Twisted Oak Winery, aka Potty Mouth White. The 2006 Twisted Oak %@#$! is made up of 41% Marsanne, 34% Roussanne, 19% Rolle, and 6% Viognier. It clocks in at 13.6% alcohol by volume, came in a club shipment, had a real cork... (more)
Two Rieslings in Liverpool
Invited over to Darryl and Jayne’s for a bit of Scouse spicy scram and a few bottles of wine, Darryl was not surprised to see me turn up with a couple of bottles of Riesling.
Our mutual mate, Tony, calls Riesling sugary shite but that is unsurprising from a man whose wine sophistication is... (more)
The Ned Sauvignon Blanc 2007
Under pressure from my peers at work to get a push email device, I quickly rejected the Samsung Omnia and, less readily, the Nokia N96, so that left me with a technological fruit cocktail to contend with: Apple or Blackberry.
I’ve been a Nokia man since I switched from an ancient... (more)
Kanzem Altenburg 2007 Riesling
I’ve held my tongue for a while. I don’t want to sound like yet another whinger that told you so, but I was never in favour of Mark Hughes being appointed manager of Man City. I admit that I reneged on my promise to turn up at the first game of this season and shout the Sven... (more)
Howard Park Sauvignon Blanc 2008 ($25)
WTF I hear you say - a wine review?
The day job workload makes writing reviews tricky, especially as we’re on deadline for the summer edition now, but sometimes you just have to do what makes you happen.
And while it’s taken me some time to get around to a long-overdue review, doing... (more)
Stylish Margaret River wines at China World, Beijing
28th October 2008
Watson’s Wines of Hong Kong, now thankfully active in the Beijing market, hosted Margaret River producer Clairault for a special lunch at China World’s Aria restaurant with Clairault’s own chef in tow and a specially devised menu.
On tasting at the lunch were... (more)
Chile’s Carmen at the Legation Quarter
24th October 2008
ASC played host to Chilean producer Vina Carmen adding some higher quality wines all round to its current Chilean offerings (although ASC’s Santa Rita Reserve range is well worth looking at - Santa Rita and Carmen actually being under the same umbrella).
Guests... (more)
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